“War? You mean the undersea intends to wage war against the human nations on land? Which countries?”
Barry removed his cowl, quickly eating an energy bar, his hands moving so fast they appeared as afterimages.
“It’s not entirely certain yet, but according to the information from the destroyed ocean probes, their main attacks are focused on three directions: the southeastern coast of the Asian continent, the eastern coast of North America, and the western coast of Europe.”
“沃特, where are you now?”
“England, Liverpool.”
“Good. If England is invaded, then England will have to rely on you to help defend it. After all, the strength of the British army now…”
“They still have a little, right?”
“A little, but really only a little. Their Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier spends most of the year in the dock for repairs, and the other warships are about the same. Atlantis, as an undersea civilization, might be unmatched by surface human armies, and the British army… they have more generals than tanks.”
Can I defend a country alone?
That's a bit of a stretch.
But who cares? This is England, and my assets are currently only in Liverpool. As long as Liverpool is safe.
I’ll help as much as I can in other places, depending on how capable the British army is themselves.
“Understood. What about Asia…”
“Asia's strength is greater than you think, it will be fine.”
“What about you? Batman.”
“I found someone who might be connected to Atlantis, but he's missing. I'm not sure if he's related to this war, so I've decided to go to the Sahara Desert to search for the related ruins I found years ago, to see if I can find any clues.”
Batman's positioning of himself is very clear.
He has many trump cards and many plans to deal with many situations.
But any plan must first be considered by him, and he must deduce any possible situations that may arise later, in order to make multiple arrangements accordingly.
This takes time.
In terms of short-term encounters, Batman can't be said to be bad, but it's definitely not his strongest point.
Basically, Batman can win against all conventional enemies in encounters, but against unconventional ones, the win rate can't be said to be low, but it's far from being so high.
Therefore, he always prepares tactics, equipment, and manpower in advance in the environment he chooses, such as time and location, and uses all means to increase the win rate before dealing with those unconventional enemies.
Batman can defeat gods, but he is not a god.
When the fighting power on the front battlefield is sufficient, he will choose to do what he thinks is more meaningful.
… …
… …
Noon.
In the hotel restaurant.
Shimizu and his assistants, along with the Liverpool club's coaching team, sat around the dining table, watching the television hanging on the wall.
“Last night, a fire broke out at the Rosyth Dockyard, damaging dozens of ships docked there, including the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier. The cause is under investigation.
The main combat power of the British Royal Navy is nearly paralyzed. The Queen and Prime Minister both believe that this is a premeditated act of sabotage by an unknown enemy, and have dispatched the Royal Army to deploy defenses in major port cities across the country…”
A blonde, big-haired female reporter was holding a microphone, eloquently narrating on the television.
Behind her were tanks and armored vehicles already parked on the shore, and soldiers, ready to go.
“Are there really Atlanteans? Or is it aliens?”
“I don’t know, but seeing the army mobilized, could there really be a war?”
“Then we’re finished? Relying on the British army is not as good as relying on Superman and them. Everyone knows that the only role of our army is to make the public believe that they are protected.”
“That’s true, but aren’t Superman and those people in America?”
“Then let’s wait for death, there’s no hope.”
At the dinner table, these people were a little restrained at first, but after a few bottles of wine, the British people took the lead in teasing their own army.
These British people themselves know what kind of virtue Britain is now.
However, although those brought by Shimizu were also noisy, they were somewhat measured in their words.
After all, this is someone else’s country. It’s okay for them to say a few words themselves, but it’s not necessarily their place to say it.
Those British guys are simply big-hearted, mostly teasing, and don’t think that war is very close to them.
They have been at peace for too long.
And those brought by Shimizu are simply not afraid.
Growing up in Gotham, what scenes haven’t they seen?
Besides, they all know the identity of their Boss, and the bodyguards in the team have all undergone professional military training and carry secondary Titan enhancement potions. If there is a big move, it will be enough to protect themselves.
At the same time, in the Sahara Desert, in the ancient Atlantean ruins covered by quicksand, in the Lost Kingdom.
One tall Atlantean statue after another, broken and dilapidated, with feathered arrows inserted askew in various places.
“Hmm…”
Batman, clutching his injured chest, was pulled up from the ground by a bearded man in a green hood.
“Luckily you called me this time, otherwise you would have had to explain yourself here this time.”
Green Arrow looked around and continued to say to Batman:
“This place isn’t very welcoming to us. There may be an unknown detection ritual. Non-Atlantean races entering here will be attacked.”
“So, where are the people I asked you to bring?”
“They’re here, it’s just that they’re not very adapted to this water-scarce place.”
Green Arrow turned slightly to the side.
A man and a woman appeared at the entrance of the ruins hall.
“Glug glug glug glug!”
A large bottle of water was gulped down by the strong man with fish scales tattooed on his body.
“Arthur, I suggest you save some, in case there’s no water when we go back later, you’ll suffer.”
“It’s okay, Mera, don’t you know magic? Just conjure up some water.”
“Then would you drink the water I extract from your urine?”
“Uh… I won’t drink it.”
Mera ignored the silly next to her and nodded politely to Batman and Green Arrow.
“Thank you both for leading us to the whereabouts of the Lost Kingdom. As long as Arthur can retrieve the Trident of the Ancient Atlantean King, he can launch a challenge to Orm's throne, become the new king, and prevent the outbreak of war!”
